The Garda was injured during the course of a raid in Cork as part of Operation Tara
Gardaí in Cork city assisted by the Divisional Drugs Unit conducted an operation in Cork City North on Saturday, as part of Operation Tara and ongoing investigations targeting the sale and supply of illegal drugs in Cork .
One male, aged in his 40s, was arrested and is currently detained in Garda custody under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1996. In the course of effecting the arrest, a member of An Garda Síochána was injured and he was transferred to Cork University Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injury. He remains off duty at this time.A Garda spokesperson told the Irish Mirror: “Investigations are ongoing. Garda welfare services have been put in place for the injured Garda member and his colleagues.”
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